As you may have read yesterday (and I'm sure you did), The Toy Department went after The Post's Mike Puma for his philosophy of creating conflict when there's nothing else to write about. In his column, Puma suggested that Brad Emaus was not the front-runner for the Mets opening day 2nd base job, and that there is still a controversy over the position battle. He provided no sources and based his story strictly on what he implied to be hearsay (clearly obtained from his excellent journalistic sleuthing).
Then Brad Emaus went 4 for 4 in a spring training game against the Cardinals...
Today, what we all knew already, is a little more clear. Brad Emaus is (still) the front-runner to be the opening day 2nd baseman, as he secured the spot with his performance yesterday. And even Puma finally agrees. However, instead of admitting that he was dead-wrong, Puma credits this discovery to Emaus' performance against the Cards. Which we all agree, did help. But it's a cop-out for Puma. He played both sides and is trying to come out looking clean. According to Puma a week ago, Luis Hernandez was the guy... Yesterday, Emaus still might not be the the guy... Today, Emaus probably is the guy (but he still gives Chin-Lung Hu and Daniel Murphy and outside shot... ya know... just to cover all his bases)... What a bunch of uninformative journalistic crap! You were wrong! Brad Emaus would have been the Mets opening day second baseman even if he were to play mediocre baseball over the next week. We've known this and Puma has known this... but that story wouldn't sell papers I guess.
-Trip McFeely
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